Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News on Music

How to play slap bass: an essential guide to slapping and popping

Also known as thumpin’ and pluckin’, slap bass is one of the mainstays of funk bass

Guitar World

The 10 best grunge album openers: a definitive list that is irrefutably correct so you're not allowed to argue with it

A list in which we sacrifice some of our favourite opening tracks in the name of journalistic integrity... but seriously, no Serve The Servants?

Louder

‘The police were scared there would be riots’: When Wham! took Western pop to China

IN FOCUS : The CIA wanted them to spy as well as perform. The Communist Party insisted that fans were not to dance to them or learn their ways. Forty years ago, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley were the first Western band to tour China – Mark Beaumont revisits an…

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Decline of nightclubs feeding demand for festivals – event organiser

James Ralls, founder of the Victorious Festival, says regional events are booming.

Evening Standard

‘The fighter still remains’: Paul Simon kicks off comeback tour in New Orleans

The 83-year-old played his first date of an intimate 20-city tour after quitting live performances back in 2018

The Guardian - US

You Me At Six frontman left without ‘words’ after band’s final gig

The band, from Surrey, formed in the mid-2000s and played their last tour throughout 2024 and 2025.

Evening Standard

“It was the first kind of rock monster that we'd created”: How an explosive 2001 switch-up revealed just how ferocious Muse could get

The juggernaut of a riff proved Muse’s mettle, setting the stall for a stadium-filling future

MusicRadar

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

‘It’s distressing’: Elton John speaks of pain of losing his eyesight

Artist says severe eye infection last year has left him unable to read, see TV or watch his sons playing sports

The Guardian - UK

Tom Ravenscroft: ‘I always wanted a shell suit, but my mum wouldn’t let me have one’

The radio DJ talks about missing grungy old music festivals, doing all the cleaning at home, and being brought up without ambition by his dad, John Peel

The Guardian - UK

“I got together with Jeff a few years ago. The famous white Strat was sitting on the couch so I said, ‘Jeff, pick it up and play it!’” Rockabilly rover Mick Rogers on playing with Frank Zappa, touring with Kiss, and rootsy jams with Jeff Beck

The veteran rocker recalls how Frank Zappa helped him get his first Les Paul – and also got him kicked out of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – and discusses his recordings with Jeff Beck, which Rogers says were the last the late virtuoso ever made

Guitar World

FKA Twigs drops out of Coachella and reschedules more dates due to ‘visa issues’

Last month, she blamed an error in the visa paperwork for issues.

Evening Standard

“It’s obvious that one day this’ll all die out, just like every sort of music does. There is no point in worrying about it”: How Bring Me The Horizon made their mark from the start with Count Your Blessings

Bring Me The Horizon were dealing with the haters from the start

Metal Hammer

The best metal albums of 2025 (so far)

From Cradle of Filth to Whitechapel, Bloodywood to Spiritbox, these are some of the best metal releases of 2025 so far.

Metal Hammer

“Entrance Song is a massive 808 sub and a 909 kick. Those two shouldn’t work together - I’m not sure they were even in key”: Eats Everything on his ever-changing approach to production and DJing

We visit Dan Pearce in the studio to hear about his new project We Lost Ourselves and Found a Family and dig deep into the studio techniques behind some of his biggest tracks

MusicRadar

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Sir Elton John opens up about ‘distressing’ sight loss and heartbreak of not seeing his children play

In September, Sir Elton revealed in a social media post that a ‘severe eye infection’ had left him limited vision in one eye.

Guitar World

Bass chords: shapes that work on bass guitar – and go beyond the power chord

Learning how to play chords on the bass is an absolute must if you want to develop your musicianship

The Independent UK

Watch Ed Sheeran surprise commuters with impromptu set at King’s Cross station

Sheeran treated commuters to an impromptu performance in King’s Cross

The Independent UK

FKA twigs sparks outrage among fans after cancelling more shows due to ‘visa issues’

‘You don’t need a visa to perform here,’ a ticket holder in Mexico pointed out

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Onlookers say they ‘struck gold’ after seeing Ed Sheeran perform at King’s Cross

The singer performed outside the London station to promote his new single Azizam.

Louder

“I told Jimmy Page: ‘Come on! People want to see Zeppelin back together!’ I won’t say I was responsible, but after that they did play that reunion gig”: Mick Fleetwood’s wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Arnold Schwarzenegger and more

Future rock superstars, US presidents, Hollywood megastars –Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood has met with them all

Metal Hammer

“Once James Hetfield said he liked the album, that was it. He said that it kicked his ass”: How Machine Head’s The Blackening became their own Master Of Puppets

The Blackening remains Machine Head’s masterpiece

Louder

“It’s such an interesting life he led”: The Waterboys’ Mike Scott on why he’s written a whole album about Easy Rider star Dennis Hopper

The band’s leader tells us about the making of Life, Death And Dennis Hopper – and why one period of Hopper’s life feels like a reflection of his own

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: who were the original singers of pop’s biggest bangers?

Watch fantastic performances from LaBelle, Nine Inch Nails and artists that will surprise you. Plus: record-breaking action in Gladiators. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Independent UK

Teddy Swims: ‘If I’d had this success two years earlier, I’d have put it straight to my liver and right up my nose’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: The Grammy-nominated artist is one of the world’s hottest new stars – and he also knows how to walk a red carpet. He talks to Roisin O’Connor about learning to cope with fame, why he prefers the Brit Awards and how he reckons God is definitely a…

Guitar World

“Not everybody has a high standard. A lot of indie people think playing too good is a bad thing”: Billy Corgan on the difference between rock and “indie” guitar players

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman recently sat down with Richie Sambora to discuss their early musical experiences

1 … 457 458 459 460

People

Arnold Schwarzenegger

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.